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Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School: Nursing and Midwifery

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Using Clinical and Administrative Data to Support Decision Making

  • Unit Code

    CDS7000

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    30

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

This unit has been designed to analyse the information sources available in the healthcare industry to make good and rational clinical and administrative decisions. This unit analyses the major data sources used in health and reviews how these data sources can be utilised to inform clinical and administrative decisions in healthcare.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the tools available to utilise data to improve decision making.
  2. Demonstrate excellent knowledge of health care risk, workforce and risk monitoring systems.
  3. Present commanding business cases utilising the data capacity in health care.
  4. Review and evaluate the types of information and data available to healthcare professionals, administrators and staff.

Unit Content

  1. Activity based funding.
  2. Current reporting practices and financial and clinical benchmarking.
  3. Decision making tools.
  4. Healthcare monitoring systems.
  5. Operating and capital budgeting.
  6. Reported information in healthcare & data sources.
  7. Strategic financial planning.
  8. The challenging business case.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars, workshops and case studies and E Learning resources.

Assessment

GS4 GRADING SCHEMA 4 Used for undifferentiated pass/fail units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescription
ReviewExercises
ProjectCase Study
AssignmentEssay

Text References

  • Aarts J., & Nohr, C. (2010). Information technology in health care: socio-technical approaches 2010: from safe systems to patient safety. New York; LOS Press.
  • Savage G.T., & Fottler, M.D. (2010). Strategic human resource management in health care. London; Emerald Publishing Group.
  • Kudyba S.P. (2010). Healthcare informatics: improving efficiency & productivity. Sydney; CRC Press.
  • Tingle J., & Bark, P. (2011). Patient safety, law policy and practice. Oxford; Taylor & Francis.
  • Vincent C. (2010). Patient safety (2nd ed.). London; BMJ.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School: Nursing and Midwifery

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Using Clinical and Administrative Data to Support Decision Making

  • Unit Code

    CDS7000

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    30

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

This unit has been designed to analyse the information sources available in the healthcare industry to make good and rational clinical and administrative decisions. This unit analyses the major data sources used in health and reviews how these data sources can be utilised to inform clinical and administrative decisions in healthcare.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the tools available to utilise data to improve decision making.
  2. Demonstrate excellent knowledge of health care risk, workforce and risk monitoring systems.
  3. Present commanding business cases utilising the data capacity in health care.
  4. Review and evaluate the types of information and data available to healthcare professionals, administrators and staff.

Unit Content

  1. Activity based funding.
  2. Current reporting practices and financial and clinical benchmarking.
  3. Decision making tools.
  4. Healthcare monitoring systems.
  5. Operating and capital budgeting.
  6. Reported information in healthcare & data sources.
  7. Strategic financial planning.
  8. The challenging business case.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars, workshops and case studies and E Learning resources.

Assessment

GS4 GRADING SCHEMA 4 Used for undifferentiated pass/fail units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescription
ReviewExercises
ProjectCase Study
AssignmentEssay

Text References

  • Aarts J., & Nohr, C. (2010). Information technology in health care: socio-technical approaches 2010: from safe systems to patient safety. New York; LOS Press.
  • Savage G.T., & Fottler, M.D. (2010). Strategic human resource management in health care. London; Emerald Publishing Group.
  • Kudyba S.P. (2010). Healthcare informatics: improving efficiency & productivity. Sydney; CRC Press.
  • Tingle J., & Bark, P. (2011). Patient safety, law policy and practice. Oxford; Taylor & Francis.
  • Vincent C. (2010). Patient safety (2nd ed.). London; BMJ.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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